Associate Professor Adrian Carter is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow on the responsible research and innovation of neuroscience and neurotechnology. He leads the Neuroscience and Society Group at the Monash Bioethics Centre, School of Philosophical, Historical and Indigenous Studies and an Adjunct Fellow of the School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University.
Adrian’s research examines the impact of neuroscience on our understanding and treatment of addiction, mental illness and neurological disorders, including agency, identity, and moral responsibility. He has developed ethical guidelines for the research and use of a diverse range of emerging neurotechnologies, including DBS, fMRI, genetic and neurological testing, illicit and pharmaceutical drugs, virtual reality, wearables and smartphones, and direct-to-consumer brain devices (EEG, tDCS). His research has also made a significant impact upon the ethical conduct of neuroscience research, such as consent, coercion, inducements, privacy, patient selection and safety. He is a member of the International Neuroethics Society Board of Directors, and is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Neuroethics (Springer). Adrian has been an advisor to the World Health Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, European Union, Australian Government and United Nations.